Match-box.



G. W. FAILE, JR. MATCH BOX.

APPLICATIQN FILED r5511, 1914.

l 1 4:0, 1 .12 Patented May 18, 1915.

wi tueooao UNITED Sm s PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. FAILE, JR., OF TAXAHAW, SOUTH CAROLINA.

MATCH-Box.

Specification of Letters .Patent. I

Patented May 18, 1915.

Application filed February 21, 1914. Serial No. 820,202.

5 county of Lancaster and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Match Boxes; and

I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. I

This invention relates to match boxes and more particularly to that class wherein the matches are automatically ejected, and has construction of .a match box capable of retaining a greater quantity of matches by the. provision of an interior compartment for holding a surplus of a number of matches. And a still further object" of this invention resides in the construction of a match box simple in' structure, eificient in purpose and which can be readily manufactured'and placed upon the market at a nominal cost. And another object resides in the construction of a double headed match for use in. connection with the match box and having arranged thereon means for preventing the soiling ofthe hands when one of the heads have been burned.

These and. other objects will more fully appear and the natureof the invention more clearly understood by the construction, combination and arrangement of parts thereof,

as. described in the followingvspecification, defined in the appended claim and illustrated I in the I accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure '1 is a perspective view of the for use. vFig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view ofthe devlce shown in Fig. 1, whichshows the mterior construction of the same with one of the matches in the act of being ejected therefrom. Fig. 3 is a top plan yiewpartly in section and taken on "line 3''-3 of Fig. 2 showmg the interior compartment for the surplus matches and a j 'ser es'ofclrcular bores or compartments for the matches which are to be' ejected. from thejmatch box. Fig. 4 is a Side elevation of one of the double headed matches show the match box.

match box as the same appears when ready 'lid 16* is provided the handle 19, which ing the sleeve thereon and the same shown in dotted lines as it would appear when the sleeve has been passed over the burned end of the match, and Fig. 5 is a similar view to Fig. 4 excepting the sleeve is shown in section.-

Referringto the drawings 1 denotes'the body of the match box and 2 the bottom thereof, andwithin the same is the compartment 3 for holding surplus matches.

Surrounding the compartment 3' is the 4 and the outer wall 1 of the match box a wall of suflicient thickness to provide for the series of bores 8 for the reception of the matches to be ejected therefrom.

Arranged in each of the bores 8 are the I followers 9 and positioned between the followers 9 and the bottom of the bores 8 are the compression springs 10, the tendency of the spring being to cast the followers 9 in' an outward direction, and positioned in the bores 8 are the matches 11 having one of is a circular lid 16, which lid is retained upon the box 1 by the rod 14 passing upwardly through the center of the match box and having its head 15* secured to the bottom 2 of the match box and its opposite end screw threaded as at 17 and upon which is secured the thumb nut '17 for retaining the lid within the recess 15. The lid 16 is provided with the opening 18 arranged adjacent the peripheral edge thereof and is designed to register consecutively with the bores 8 of The lid 16 is rotatably mounted upon the box 1 and for rotating the handle pro ects slightly beyond the'outer perpendicular wall of the match box in order that the same fnay be within easy reach of the user. i j

In Figs. 4 and 5 I have illustrated the form of the match which I desire to use in' I of the match for extinguishing the same as well as to provide means for preventing the soiling of the hands of the user of the match. While I have here shown the body of the matchbox formed as'an integral structure,

tions therein from time to time as I may deem expedient and which will not depart from the spirit of the invention or conflict with the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters- Patent of the United States is:

A match box, comprising; a hollow cylindrical body portion having a thick surrounding Wall, said body portion having an open end, and a bottom inclosing the opposite end, a broad annular recessjformed inthe inner edge of the open end of said body portion and providing an annular flange therearound, a lid rotatablymounted upon said body portion within said annular recess and said annular flange, a rod projecting centrally through said body portion and having a. headembedded in'the bottom of said match box; the upper end of said rod having screw threads thereon and projecting through a central aperture formed in said lid and extending'above the upper surface thereof, a wing nut screwed upon said rod for retaining said lid Within the recess of said body portion, a plurality of circular bores formed in the thickened Wall of said body portion and slightly spaced apart, a follower in each of said bores upon which the wood end of the match is designed to rest, a compression spring mounted in each of said bores and interposed between the respective followers and the bottom of said bores for forcing said followers together with the matches upwardly, said lid being provided with a single aperture adjacent the periphery thereof and adapted to be brought into consecutive registration with the respective bores to provlde for the ejection of the match therethrough, and a thumb piece secured upon the upper surface of said lid at a point opposite to the single aperture for conveniently rotating said lid by the thumb of the user for bringing the single aperture in registration with the respective bores, when desirous of obtaining a match from 'within said match box.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEO. W. FAILE. JR,

Witnesses:

J. B. GASTON, M. FAiLE. 

